Blogs from Aegean, Turkey, Middle East - page 10

The journey to Bergama was fine - acres & acres of lush green fields - & the road through Izmir seemed a lot quicker than coming down – maybe we were just used to it by now? We arrived looking for a different camp site to the one we stayed at when we drove south but no. We remembered that we had tried to find it last time & saw the sign for here, the Berksoy Hotel. It's fine – a grassed area adjoining the pool & outside restaurant. It must be school holiday time as on both afternoons they have held swimming classes for about 40 children; a bit noisy but they didn't stay long. Next to us are a pleasant couple from Quebec in a French plated motorhome – they speak ok English, which ... read more

Geo: 37.2002, 27.576 GÜN 01 GÜNLERDEN HALA ÇARŞAMBA: Turhan hocamım evinde pompeinin son günlerini anımsatan bir havuz sefası ve bira eşliğinde Blues uzun havaları… Sibel'in uçağı 3 saat gecikince ,biz de yeni seçilen meclis başkanı seçimlerini izleyebildik. Her gün,günün fotolarını toplayarak video haline getirdim ve kolaylık olsun diye You tube'a koydum ...ilgileniyorsanız aşağıdaki linki (adresi) tıklamanız yeterli: BARGİLYA VİDEOSU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmQyLvEOaFA ... read more

Geo: 37.0391, 27.4302 GÜN 01 GÜNLERDEN HALA ÇARŞAMBA: Bodrum da birader karşıladı .Bankaya uğradık. Yunan daki banka krizi nedeni ile 500E yu 50 lik yapmak istiyoruz. Bankadaki dal üzerinde oturan görevli kardeşimiz, bunun mümkün olamıyacağını işaret etti çalışan kızına … Tam da “sen benim kim olduğumu biliyormusun?” repliğine girilecek yer …yapmadım Tüm efendiliğimle kıza doğru eğildim ve Euro hesabıma para yatırmak istediğimi belirttim . Kaç E? diye sorunca 5 euro diye yanıtladım ve dal da oturan görevli kardeşimin senaryosu olduğu gibi çöpe gitti. Böyle bir kontratak beklemiyorlardı.. Kız çaresiz bir bakışla amirine döndü, hesabıma 5 euro yatırılmasını arzu ettiğim 500 lüğü alıp 495 E yu iade etti. 100 lük lerinde 2 adet 50 olmasını tembihledim.. Dalda oturan görevliye doğru paraları tekrar... read more

Had a really restless night; of course it had been a Saturday night & the music went on late into the night. There was a live band up the road – they started off very bluesy but then it became loud & a nuisance, mingling with something else in the town... So, we had a lazy day – discussing what plan we had for Greece, checking cash funds in case of empty ATMs due to their situation & deciding when to cross the border. We have a rough plan which will no doubt firm up as more news breaks on he Beeb. In the afternoon we wandered up the sea front with all the Turks a lot of whom come here for their Sunday from Izmir. We went into an arcade where we had to walk ... read more

A relaxing start then off to Kasudasi, a large Med sea port for Turkey & apparently very touristy – so we shall see. Pleasant trip here with nothing to report...except the Dyson took a short cut again (the Dyson master hasn't yet got it under control) & I had to thread the needle again through some back streets with cars dumped at all angles. Then we couldn't find the site but by chance Cathy spotted it where we didn't expect it – right opposite the marina! It's a motel cum little villas cum canp site & smashing! It has a pool, a restaurant on the corner & is a 10 minute walk to the centre of town plus has service washes, result! A nice chap runs it who invited us to his 4 year old son's ... read more